Saturday, August 5, 2017

YONKERS MAN SENTENCED TO 2 ½ to 7 ½ YEARS IN PRISON FOR KILLING PEDESTRIAN WHILE DRUNK DRIVING IN BRONX

Victim Was Father of Two Children

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Yonkers man has been
sentenced to two-and-a-half to seven-and-a-half years in prison for fatally striking a pedestrian
in the Bronx while driving with a blood alcohol content more than three times the state’s legal
limit.

District Attorney Clark said, “Due to the defendant’s reckless actions, two young girls
must grow up without their father. Driving while intoxicated is irresponsible and can result in
tragedies like this one. The defendant will now spend time in prison and we hope this measure
of justice can help ease the pain for the victim’s family.”

District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Jorge Hernaiz, 46, of Yonkers, a retired
NYPD police officer, was sentenced today by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Martin Marcus to
2 ½ to 7 ½ years in prison. The defendant pleaded guilty to Aggravated Vehicular Homicide
on June 13, 2017.

According to the investigation, on May 31, 2015, Hernaiz was driving in the area of
Broadway and West 254th St., when he fatally struck Marino Nunez, 34. The defendant told
police he had drank a bottle of vodka, and a blood test showed his blood alcohol content was
0.25 at the time he was apprehended by police/

District Attorney Clark thanked Officer Michael Heit and Lt. James Hynes both of the
50th Precinct for their assistance in this case.